De Queen Youth Football gets new helmets

De Queen’s Cubs fell 29-6 to visiting Texarkana in junior high football Sept. 13.

Hope was the site for De Queen tennis on Sept. 11. The Lady Leopards faced the host school while the De Queen boys played an abbreviated match with Prescott.

MAGAZINE — Horatio’s second season of cross country began at Magazine, Sept. 11. The Lions had full teams in the senior boys and junior girls races and individuals running in the other divisions.

FORT SMITH —  Sept. 11 was something new for the De Queen cross country teams. Competing at the Hills of St. Scholastica meet in Fort Smith marked the first time for the Leopards to race at a monastery.

FOREMAN —The Horatio and Foreman teams were not that  unevenly matched — with one exception. The Lions had no one who could run with Kyren Batey.  Big plays by Batey gave the Gators a 34-0 win on homecoming night.

It won’t be the first time they’ve played the Dragons, but it will be the first trip to Genoa Central for a Horatio football team. When the schools played before, it was in the early days of the Genoa Central program. The Dragons had no home facility.

After two weeks off, the De Queen football team will return to the field to host Hope on homecoming night at Leopard Stadium. Last week was the first open date for De Queen since a Bismarck forfeit 15 years ago.

Tyson Foods, Inc. donated $500 to the University of Arkansas Cossatot Colts Club Soccer to support the men’s and women’s teams’ 2018 season.

FOREMAN —The Horatio and Foreman teams were not that unevenly matched — with one exception. The Lions had no one who could run with Kyren Batey.  Big plays by Batey gave the Gators a 34-0 win on homecoming night.

MAGAZINE — Horatio’s second season of cross country began at Magazine, Sept. 11. The Lions had full teams in the senior boys and junior girls races and individuals running in the other divisions.

Turnovers are deadly. Horatio committed six of them and lost to visiting Murfreesboro 24-14 Sept. 7.

MALVERN — With the conference tournament drawing ever closer, the Leopard golfers competed at Malvern Sept. 4.

MURFREESBORO — Horatio downed Murfreesboro 28-6 in junior high action Sept. 6.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS —  The De Queen cross country teams ventured to north Texas for a Sept. 6 meet hosted by North Hopkins High School of Sulphur Springs.

The De Queen junior high team fell 20-6 at Broken Bow’s rock walled stadium Sept. 6.

Youth Fun Nights at the Sevier County Fairgrounds will be held October 27 and November 17.

ASHDOWN — The Army Corps of Engineers is taking applications from hunters ages 6-15 who want to participate in a special deer hunt Nov. 3 and Jan. 5, 2019 at Millwood Lake.  Seven permits will be issued to young hunters who seek to experience the outdoors and have a great place to hunt that …

NASHVILLE — A combination of Leopard turnovers and Scrapper speed made for a long night for De Queen. Nashville rolled to a 63-7 win Sept. 7.

It was a busy week for De Queen golfers with three matches, all on the road.

It was a sweet week for De Queen cross country. At Thursday’s final hard workout before the first meet of the season, De Queen Athletic Director Bob Sykes passed out slices of cold watermelon.

De Queen and Mena battled to a 6-6 tie in tennis at Herman Dierks Park Sept. 4. Each team won three matches and lost three.

A year ago this weekend the Leopards pulled off the biggest upset in recent memory when they beat Nashville 49-42. On Friday the ancient rivalry will continue at Scrapper Stadium.

Renee Logan, owner of Harris Drug & Gifts, hands a check for $25 to this week’s Bee’s football contest winner, Roy Rogers Sr. This week’s runner up was John Chambers.

The season started badly for the Horatio junior football team on Aug. 30. Dierks returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown and went on to post a 38-16 victory.

The Lions took the lead early and never let up as Horatio defeated visiting Dierks, 39-6, in the season opener for both teams Aug. 30.

Two big plays made an enormous difference as Ashdown scored twice from long distance in the second half to down De Queen, 24-14, at Leopard Stadium Aug. 31.

De Queen - Ashdown football will begin again Friday at Leopard Stadium. There was a two year break in the series while De Queen played Poteau, Okla. Now the Pirates are gone and the Panthers are back.

It is the meat of the season for high school golfers. The Leopard linksters played three matches in four days beginning with the last home match of the season.

Rafael Figueroa touches up the eyes of the Leopard near the entrance to Bill Blackwood Field at Leopard Stadium.

The Cubs’ scrimmage at Nashville Aug. 23 was closer than expected. It was a five point game until two late touchdowns gave the home team a 35-15 advantage. One came after a long pass, the other after a De Queen turnover.

Two changes have been made to the De Queen cross country schedule according to head coach Dennis Chaney.

The Lady Leopard tennis team defeated Hope 7-1 in all girls competition Aug. 20.

Horatio’s scrimmage with Mineral Springs turned into a rough night for the Lions. A much improved Hornet team had too much speed and athleticism for their hosts.

Leopard linksters struggled a bit in the close confines of Nashville Country Club Aug. 27. The girls played the front nine and the boys the more challenging back nine on the heavily wooded course.

Cross country uniforms were issued Tuesday at De Queen. The Leopards will open the season Saturday, Sept. 1, at Trinity Chrisitan in Texarkana.

It is the meat of the season for high school golfers. The Leopard linksters played three matches in four days beginning with the last home match of the season.

A new larger scoreboard has been installed at Horatio's Lion Stadium.

Mena scored three TD’s in the second half for a 28-14 win over De Queen at Leopard Stadium in the season opener for both teams Aug. 24.

Several changes will take effect for De Queen athletics this year. The fall semester marks the start of another cycle for the Arkansas Activities Association which determines classification and conference membership every two years.

The 82nd meeting of the De Queen and Mena football teams is scheduled to start at 7:30 Friday at Leopard Stadium. The teams first played in 1912.

The De Queen tennis season began with a split decision Aug. 14. The Leopards topped visiting Nashville 2-1 in the boys bracket, but Nashville took the girls 4-1.

The weather was about the hot-and-sticky same, but the scores were better at De Queen’s second golf match of the year Aug. 16 at De Queen Country Club.

De Queen’s second tennis match resulted in a tie at Mena Aug. 16.

After what seemed like months of practice, the Leopards finally got to compete with someone other than themselves when De Queen visited Mansfield for a pre-season scrimmage Aug. 14.

Leopard mom Brandi Carver paints the traditional paw prints on the walk at Leopard fieldhouse. De Queen will host Mena in the season opener Friday.

Michael Collins is a volunteer coach for Leopard football who is working with the offensive line. He is an education major at Southern Arkansas University and is also teaching DI reading at De Queen Elementary School. A 2010 graduate of Nashville High School, he is married to Lady Leopard ba…

Zeke Green is the new Horatio girls basketball coach. Green, a 2010 graduate of Horatio, received his degree at Southern Arkansas University and has been coaching at Magnolia. He will be in charge of both the Horatio senior and junior girls teams.

The Leopards are not game ready, but they are getting there according to head coach Stephen Sloan.

This week marked the start of the Arkansas school year, an event welcomed by Horatio head football Robert Collum.

Moving from the basketball court to the football field has been fun so far for De Queen Cub coach Jason Barker.